Funny how all of these are so true...

Funny how a $20.00 bill looks so big when you take it to church, how small it looks when you take it to the mall.

Funny how big an hour serving God looks and how small 60 minutes are when spent watching t.v., playing sports, sleeping, or taking a lunch break.

Funny how long a couple of hours spent at Church is but how short they are when watching a good movie.

Funny how we get thrilled when a football game goes into overtime, but we complain when a sermon is longer than the regular time.

Funny how laborious it is to read a chapter in the Bible and how easy it is to read 200-300 pages of a best selling novel.

Funny how we believe what newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.

Funny how people scramble to get a front seat at a concert, but scramble to get a back seat at the church service.

Funny how we cannot fit a gospel meeting into our schedule with our yearly planner but we can schedule for other events at a moment's notice.

Funny how we look forward to that big date on Friday night, but complain about getting up for church on Sunday morning.

Funny how we are rarely late to work, but always late to church.

Funny how we call God our Father and Jesus our brother, but find it hard to introduce them to our family.

Funny how small our sins seem, but how big their sins are.

Funny how we demand justice for others, but expect mercy from God.

Funny how much difficulty some have learning the gospel well enough to tell others, but how simple it is to understand and explain the latest gossip about someone else.

Funny how we are so quick to take directions from a total stranger when we are lost, but are hesitant to take God's direction for our lives.

Funny how so many church goers sing "Standing on the Promises" but all they do is sit on the premises.

Funny how people want God to answer their prayers, but refuse to listen to His counsel.

Funny how we sing about heaven, but live only for today.

Funny how people think they are going to heaven but don't think there is a hell.

Funny how it is okay to blame God for evil and suffering in the world, but it is not necessary to thank Him for what is good and pleasant.

Funny how when something goes wrong, we cry, "Lord, why me?" but when something goes right, we think, "Hey, it must be me!"

Or wait...maybe all this isn't so "funny" after all.

Anybody have any more to add?

-- Anonymous, January 11, 2000

Answers

I have a different one. Over twenty years ago, a few of us young Christians spent our time together. We were reading books by the 19th century revivalists (Charles Finney, William Booth, etc). We were having a conversation about the differences between Christianity and the church then, and how it is now. I remarked after some thinking something to the effect of "Hey, what if everyone is wrong?" (meaning, today's church and practice is totally non-scriptural, and not pleasing to God to the point that everyone is really lost -- no one anywhere has done what the Scripture requires for salvation and obedience). One of the other brothers thought about my statement, and answered, "Could be."

-- Anonymous, January 11, 2000